Network connection repair

Since I installed W7 I've been having some annoying issues with my network
connection. When I wake the OS up from a sleep, it sometimes fails to reconnect
to the network (I have a Vodafone ADSL modem/router, with a cable connection,
and these are times when I know the connection from the modem to the internet is
OK). In such cases I am usually unsuccessful in re-establishing the connection
unless I restart the OS, which is a nuisance.

As I recall, using an earlier Windows OS I could reset a connection by going to
Network Connections, and disabling then enabling the connection. This facility
seems to have been removed, or at least hidden. I can now go from the Control
Panel to the Network and Sharing Center, but the info and measures available
there are very limited. As far as I've been able to see there is only
Troubleshoot, which usually doesn't do anything for me.

I'll be very happy to be told that I am just an ignorant W7 user, and that there
is a way to access the disable/enable capability.

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On 26/01/2011 5:51 p.m., Gib Bogle wrote:
> Since I installed W7 I've been having some annoying issues with my
> network connection. When I wake the OS up from a sleep, it sometimes
> fails to reconnect to the network (I have a Vodafone ADSL modem/router,
> with a cable connection, and these are times when I know the connection
> from the modem to the internet is OK). In such cases I am usually
> unsuccessful in re-establishing the connection unless I restart the OS,
> which is a nuisance.

Update the network card driver - that is the usual culprit in this type
of problem.

On Jan 26, 5:51 pm, Gib Bogle <> wrote:
> Since I installed W7 I've been having some annoying issues with my network
> connection. When I wake the OS up from a sleep, it sometimes fails to reconnect
> to the network (I have a Vodafone ADSL modem/router, with a cable connection,
> and these are times when I know the connection from the modem to the internet is
> OK). In such cases I am usually unsuccessful in re-establishing the connection
> unless I restart the OS, which is a nuisance.
>
> As I recall, using an earlier Windows OS I could reset a connection by going to
> Network Connections, and disabling then enabling the connection. This facility
> seems to have been removed, or at least hidden. I can now go from the Control
> Panel to the Network and Sharing Center, but the info and measures available
> there are very limited. As far as I've been able to see there is only
> Troubleshoot, which usually doesn't do anything for me.
>
> I'll be very happy to be told that I am just an ignorant W7 user, and that there
> is a way to access the disable/enable capability.
>
> Thanks
> Gib

On 27/01/2011 1:45 a.m., impossible wrote:
> "Gib Bogle" wrote in message news:iho97q$lm7$...
>>
>> Since I installed W7 I've been having some annoying issues with my network
>> connection. When I wake the OS up from a sleep, it sometimes fails to
>> reconnect to the network (I have a Vodafone ADSL modem/router, with a cable
>> connection, and these are times when I know the connection from the modem to
>> the internet is OK). In such cases I am usually unsuccessful in
>> re-establishing the connection unless I restart the OS, which is a nuisance.
>>
>> As I recall, using an earlier Windows OS I could reset a connection by going
>> to Network Connections, and disabling then enabling the connection. This
>> facility seems to have been removed, or at least hidden. I can now go from the
>> Control Panel to the Network and Sharing Center, but the info and measures
>> available there are very limited. As far as I've been able to see there is
>> only Troubleshoot, which usually doesn't do anything for me.
>>
>> I'll be very happy to be told that I am just an ignorant W7 user, and that
>> there is a way to access the disable/enable capability.
>>
>
> There is a way. Look in what's called the "Notifications Bar" of the taskbar at
> the far right end -- you should see an icon for your network (it indicates the
> network status), and if you click on that you can then click "Open Network and
> Sharing Center". From there you disable/enable connections as you please.

No, that's my question. I can get to "Open Network and > Sharing Center"
without any problems, my question is how to invoke the disable/enable from
there? Maybe I'm being obtuse, but I can't see how to do it. Several aspects
of W7 are like this. I knew my way around NT/W2000/XP pretty well, but now
they've changed everything, substituting pretty pictures for useful tables.

On 27/01/2011 7:39 a.m., Nathan Mercer wrote:
> On Jan 26, 5:51 pm, Gib Bogle<> wrote:
>> Since I installed W7 I've been having some annoying issues with my network
>> connection. When I wake the OS up from a sleep, it sometimes fails to reconnect
>> to the network (I have a Vodafone ADSL modem/router, with a cable connection,
>> and these are times when I know the connection from the modem to the internet is
>> OK). In such cases I am usually unsuccessful in re-establishing the connection
>> unless I restart the OS, which is a nuisance.
>>
>> As I recall, using an earlier Windows OS I could reset a connection by going to
>> Network Connections, and disabling then enabling the connection. This facility
>> seems to have been removed, or at least hidden. I can now go from the Control
>> Panel to the Network and Sharing Center, but the info and measures available
>> there are very limited. As far as I've been able to see there is only
>> Troubleshoot, which usually doesn't do anything for me.
>>
>> I'll be very happy to be told that I am just an ignorant W7 user, and that there
>> is a way to access the disable/enable capability.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Gib
>
> start
> run
> ncpa.cpl

On , , Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:10:40 +1300, Re: Network connection repair, Gib Bogle
<> wrote:
>On 27/01/2011 7:39 a.m., Nathan Mercer wrote:
>> On Jan 26, 5:51 pm, Gib Bogle<> wrote:
>>> Since I installed W7 I've been having some annoying issues with my network
>>> connection. When I wake the OS up from a sleep, it sometimes fails to reconnect
>>> to the network (I have a Vodafone ADSL modem/router, with a cable connection,
>>> and these are times when I know the connection from the modem to the internet is
>>> OK). In such cases I am usually unsuccessful in re-establishing the connection
>>> unless I restart the OS, which is a nuisance.
>>>
>>> As I recall, using an earlier Windows OS I could reset a connection by going to
>>> Network Connections, and disabling then enabling the connection. This facility
>>> seems to have been removed, or at least hidden. I can now go from the Control
>>> Panel to the Network and Sharing Center, but the info and measures available
>>> there are very limited. As far as I've been able to see there is only
>>> Troubleshoot, which usually doesn't do anything for me.
>>>
>>> I'll be very happy to be told that I am just an ignorant W7 user, and that there
>>> is a way to access the disable/enable capability.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Gib
>>
>> start
>> run
>> ncpa.cpl
>
>What's ncpa.cpl?

Not fuckupyourcomputer.ha.ha.ha

--
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor
to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."
Anatole France.

On Jan 27, 3:10 pm, Gib Bogle <> wrote:
> On 27/01/2011 7:39 a.m., Nathan Mercer wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 26, 5:51 pm, Gib Bogle<> wrote:
> >> Since I installed W7 I've been having some annoying issues with my network
> >> connection. When I wake the OS up from a sleep, it sometimes fails to reconnect
> >> to the network (I have a Vodafone ADSL modem/router, with a cable connection,
> >> and these are times when I know the connection from the modem to the internet is
> >> OK). In such cases I am usually unsuccessful in re-establishing the connection
> >> unless I restart the OS, which is a nuisance.
>
> >> As I recall, using an earlier Windows OS I could reset a connection by going to
> >> Network Connections, and disabling then enabling the connection. This facility
> >> seems to have been removed, or at least hidden. I can now go from the Control
> >> Panel to the Network and Sharing Center, but the info and measures available
> >> there are very limited. As far as I've been able to see there is only
> >> Troubleshoot, which usually doesn't do anything for me.
>
> >> I'll be very happy to be told that I am just an ignorant W7 user, and that there
> >> is a way to access the disable/enable capability.
>
> >> Thanks
> >> Gib
>
> > start
> > run
> > ncpa.cpl
>
> What's ncpa.cpl?- Hide quoted text -

Somewhere on teh intarwebs Gib Bogle wrote:
[snip]
> Maybe I'm being obtuse, but I can't see
> how to do it. Several aspects of W7 are like this. I knew my way
> around NT/W2000/XP pretty well, but now they've changed everything,
> substituting pretty pictures for useful tables.

..... which is why I'm very reluctant to go there myself.
--
Shaun.

"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a
monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also
into you." Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

On 1/26/2011 5:51 PM, Gib Bogle wrote:
> Since I installed W7 I've been having some annoying issues with my
> network connection. When I wake the OS up from a sleep, it sometimes
> fails to reconnect to the network (I have a Vodafone ADSL modem/router,
> with a cable connection, and these are times when I know the connection
> from the modem to the internet is OK). In such cases I am usually
> unsuccessful in re-establishing the connection unless I restart the OS,
> which is a nuisance.
>
> As I recall, using an earlier Windows OS I could reset a connection by
> going to Network Connections, and disabling then enabling the
> connection. This facility seems to have been removed, or at least
> hidden. I can now go from the Control Panel to the Network and Sharing
> Center, but the info and measures available there are very limited. As
> far as I've been able to see there is only Troubleshoot, which usually
> doesn't do anything for me.
>
> I'll be very happy to be told that I am just an ignorant W7 user, and
> that there is a way to access the disable/enable capability.

I had this happen a few times.

I turned off all the checksum offloading options from this realtek piece
of shit card and it has been fine since then.

On 27/01/2011 11:52 p.m., Dave Doe wrote:
> In article<ihrdpr$im4$-september.org>,
> , ~misfit~ says...
>>
>> Somewhere on teh intarwebs Gib Bogle wrote:
>> [snip]
>>> Maybe I'm being obtuse, but I can't see
>>> how to do it. Several aspects of W7 are like this. I knew my way
>>> around NT/W2000/XP pretty well, but now they've changed everything,
>>> substituting pretty pictures for useful tables.
>>
>> .... which is why I'm very reluctant to go there myself.
>
> Get used to it. Windows 7 is good. XP is old, bloated and has a poor
> security model by default.

I agree that W7 is good. It's just taking me a while to find out how to do some
things (age, I guess).

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